2. A projectile is launched vertically from the surface of the earth at a speed of VagR, where R is the radius of the ea
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2. A projectile is launched vertically from the surface of the earth at a speed of VagR, where R is the radius of the earth, g is the gravitational acceleration at the earth's surface and a is a constant which can be large. (a) Ignore atmospheric resistance and integrate Newton's second law of motion once in order to find the maximum height reached by the projectile in terms of R and a. (9) (b) Discuss the special case a = 2. (1)